AM- 7 w/ 5x1min hills 7x30sec. hills. I really was nervous for a bit before this workout. I then calmed down and said concentrate on what I was doing not what was coming up. I started out the workout with the first one (my watch said going 6 min pace) was a little slower, but I didn't want to start out too fast and I wanted to be controlled. The second min.-5th (5:40, 5:40, 5:36, 5:19 min pace) I tried to go a little faster on the gradual hills keeping it consistent...hitting every one in the same spot. The first 30 seconder was interesting, because everyone except me and byron got a break, so they all took off. I just stayed back the first half and then picked it up the second half! (5:13 pace) I did the same thing on all the others as some other people seemed to be off and on, I stayed consistent. (5:12 pace). The 3rd-6th I started out steady and did the last half faster as usual and hit the same spot (in the ditch) everytime. Hunter and Byron seemed to stay right with me on the 30 seconders and Braiden seemed a little zesty today and was just ahead of me haha. (5:04, 5:05,4:51,4:49 pace) The last one was just me and byron. I did the same as usual and byron passed me at the end barely and we passed our usual spot by like 5 feet, and we even sorta slowed down at the end (I was checking the time and thought we were done). (4:47 pace) As the paces show I started out at a pretty decent pace (not really fast at all just steady) and then worked my way up each minuter and 30 seconder! This workout was awesome...it's the first one (not including the tempos this week) that I haven't compared myself to anyone...just done MY best! SO EXCITED TO IMPROVE THIS YEAR! Cheers!
PM- Ran out to the double churches again (sorta my 3 mile run everytime). I saw hunter on the way there so he ran with me, so I took it really easy so we could talk about stuff going on. I felt pretty good, a little tired, but you always feel tired at this point with so many miles. It just means that later, when we taper, it will feel that much better! A really good rust-buster! | 